Pattern for drafting and fitting garments.



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PATTERN FOR DRAFTING AND FITTING GARMENTS.

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Louis s. eonsoolva AND PIETRO CANE, or CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK, assienons TO NICHOLAS DORSOGNA, ornooKLYN, NEW YORK.

PATTERN FOR DRAFTING AND FITTING GARMENTS.

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Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

Application filed June 28, 1911 Serial No. 635,842. a

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Be it known that we, LOUIS S. DOnsooNA and Pm'rno CANE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Coney Island, Kings county, New York, have invented certain Improvements in Patterns for Drafting and Fitting Garments, of which the'following is a specification.

Our invention relates to pattern apparatus or devices for developing the necessary size, shape and contour of sections of cloth or similar material of which garments are sub- I sequently made, and the method or process of using such pattern apparatus or devices; and the object of our invention is to provide a structure to be applied to the human form that will enable any one skilled in the art to which our invention relates to readily obtain the contour of such form and develop the same upon the fabric in order that the latter may be cut into sections to be subse quently finished into a garment of perfect fit, or to develop such contour upon paper or other suitable material to form pattern sections by the aid of which the fabric to form the garment may be cut. 1

A further feature of our invention is the.

manufacture of forms by the use of our improved pattern apparatus, upon which forms garments may be fitted; such forms having the contour of the person upon which the apparatus has been fitted preliminary to cutting the fabric or the paper pattern by the use of which the fabric may be cut to form the garment. These forms may be made of metal, papier mach, pasteboard, sized fabric, or any other material suitable for the purpose.

These and other features of our invention are more fully set forthuhereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is an elevation of one half of a waist or body pattern apparatus embodying our invention before application to the body, showing the parts extended and the pattern sections lying flat; Fig. 2, is perspective view illustrating the pattern apparatus disposed upon the body of the person being fitted, looking from the front; Fig. 3, is a similar perspective view illustrating the pattern apparatus disposed upon the body of the person being fitted, looking from the rear; Fig. 4, is a plan view of one of the sections of the pattern apparatus as removed from the body and retaining the curvature of the same; Fig. ,5, is a view of the same section shown in Fig. l, after it has been released from the curved portion; Fig. 6, is a plan view, developed, of a section of the pattern apparatus for cutting a sleeve; Fig.

.7, is a perspective view on a reduced scale illustrating the sleeve section of the pattern apparatus connected together and disposed upon the arm of a person to be fitted; Fig. 8, is a diagrammatic view of the contour or marginal outline of the pattern section shown in Figs. t and 5; the dotted lines indicating the outline of the section in the position shown in Fig. 4, while the full lines indicate the outline of the section in the position shown in Fig. 5; Figs. 9, 10 and 11, are diagrammatic views illustrating the manner of developing, cutting and shaping a paper pattern from oneof the sections of the pattern apparatus for the front portion of a garment; Fig. 12, is a plan view of the fastening device for securing the sections of the pattern apparatus; Fig. 13, is a perspective view of said fastening device; Figs. 1a and 15, are sectional views on the lines aa, and 6-6, respectively, Fig. 13, and Fig. 16, illustrates a detail of our invention.

As the fabric employed in the manufacture of garments is flat it is necessary, in

applying it to the body in the form of a garment, that the sections of such garment be of such shape asto insure a relatively complete fit following the contour of the body, and that such sections be stretched in some parts and shrunk in others in order that when connected together the finished garment will conform properly to the different curves of the hollows and prominences of the human form, or to such configuration thereof as fashion or the desire of the wearer demands. r

Heretofore the stretching and shrinking of the various sections of material or portions of the same comprising the garment necessary to insure a proper fit has been done largely by guesswork upon the part of the'tailor or cutter, for the amount to be stretched, or shrunk (or worked) in and the exact places for such stretching or shrinking has never been precisely known in the use'of patterns or pattern. apparatus for drafting garments, or methods of cutting heretofore employed. Measurements which .may be taken for the purpose of forming pattern by theuse of which the fabric is subsequently cut nevergive the exact results necessary and desirable for the'desired fit or conformation of the fabric to the body.

While our improved apparatus is particularly available for use in the cutting and -mak'ing of what are termed tight fitting garments, it will be understood thatloose,

or semi-fitting coats, having the desired 'fit uponv one portion of the body; that is to .say, the bustand shoulders for instance,

such as hollow or sloping shoulders, can

7 be modified and eliminated from the finished garmentby extending the strips of the pattern drafting apparatus at those places;

,such extensions or changes showing the ex act amount of padding, wadding, &c., n ecessary to fillsln or shapeout such deficiencies or dQfQIIl'lltlQS of the human form. and. g ve u a pleasing and desired effect w the finished garment; V

"VVith the use of our improved pattern drafting apparatus, it is possible to determine exactly the precise places at which the fabric Inustbe stretched or shrunk, and the extent of stretching, or. theextent of work-' 'ing in as the shrinking operation is termed.

We believe that we haveavoided by saidimprovements the cause of former defects in V the preparation of the pieces of fabricsubchanged "the guesswork of the sequently. formed into garments, and have past' to an unmistakable certainty. V r

In the pattern apparatus forming the subje'ct of our invention, the several elements or portions of the same comprise section's "made up :of marginal sectional members or strips 1, preferably 'lapping, which strips are secured together by screw clamping "means, indica ted at 2, or other suitable means at their lapping portions; the several sections of these marginal strips being slotted at 3'in"order that the same may slide orgmove-for adjustment with respect to each other. These marginal strips are also provided with dimensional marks 4, which may have indicating numerals, although the em ployment of the latter is not essential. In addition to the marginal members or strips there isa central sectional element made of aiseries of members or strips 5, extending throughout the length ofthe particular section' or portion of the pattern apparatus and disposed,fduring the use of the pattern apparatus in shaping the. sections or portions of the same upon the human form, substantially equidistant from the sectional marginal edge strips 1 of said sections. In addition, each section or portion carries sectional cross bars or members 6, disposed substantially. at right angles to the marginal members or strips 1 and the central member or strip 5, and these cross bars form what may be termed lines encircling the body in various planes, as clearly illustrated.

in the perspective views, Figs. 2 and 3; the important one being that disposed at the line or hollow of the waist.

The separate sections or portions of the pattern apparatus; that illustrated in the draw1ngs,for instance, being a coat pattern of which one-half is shown, are connected against the body. These fastening members maintain the apparatus in place upon the body of. the person for Whom the garment is intended, and the curves of the same are taken care of'in such pattern apparatus by extending or decreasing the length of the several sectional bars, strips or members making up such pattern apparatus which are held in their adjusted positions by the clamping means indicated at 2. All of the sectional bars, members or strips are secured together by the clamping means 2, which, in some instances, are combined with the fastening devices 7.

hen the pattern apparatus is placed upon the body, a pair of bands are also placed thereon; one, indicated at 10, being the bust band, and the other, indicated at 11, being the waist band; such bands being secured at'12 and 13, respectively, at the side bar or marginal edge of the front section of the pattern apparatus, and the marginal edge of such bar is disposed exactly in the center of the body on a vertical line. In the same way, the marginal edge of the rear section of the pattern structure is disposed in a vertical line opposite the center of the body j The bust band, which is preferably flexible and may be jointed, part of which is shown in Fig. 14, is attached to the front element by a suitable clip or clamp 15, and may be confined in place and to the rest of the pattern apparatus by suitable catches or hooks 16. This band passes entirely around the body and, without being drawn too tightly, is secured by the clip or clamp 15 adjacent the front marginal edge of the front section of the pattern apparatus.

The front end of the band is graduated in inches, and when clamped in place a certain dimension, indicating the bust measure", may be read adjacent the marginal edge of the front section of the pattern apparatus. There are similar graduations on the other end of the band, spaced just half the distance of the graduations on the front end but with the same dimensional marking so that the band at the back of the pattern apparatus must be positioned with respect, to said pattern with the same dimension *or dimension indication adjacent the marginal edge of the back sectionjof the pattern apparatus. 7

The waist band is adjusted and employed 7 in precisely the same manner as the bust band, and in addition to these means-for holding the pattern apparatus against. the body while the contour of the same is being taken, we provide a neck strip 18 carried by one of the sections of the pattern apparatus, preferably the front section or element, at the corner of thesame, which strip may be passed around the neck of the wearer opposite the side upon which the pattern. apparatus is disposed and confined at the rear by a clip or fastener 19 carried by one of the pattern sections.

The bust and waist bands, hold the pattern apparatus in place upon the body and when the center of the body is found at the front, the center of the rear is indicated at the rear of the several bands by numbers or dimensions of the same kind.

It is quite essential, in the use of our pattern apparatus, that the marginal lines of the front and back sections be disposed in the vertical center of the body or directly adjacent vertical lines representing such center. To facilitate this adjustment, the seam of a garment worn by the'person being fitted may be considered, and where such seam is lacking, measurements should be taken to indicate on the garment worn during the application of the pattern structure the exact vertical center of the body. If necessary, on account of diiferences in the shape of one side or the other of the body it may be desirable to fit bothsides independently. When these central points have been determined and the bust and waist bands have been set in place, the rest of the pattern sections may be readily adjusted by the, securing means for the several bars or strips of the same, care being taken to insure that the central sectional bars or strips of each pattern section or element are substantially midway or intermediate the side or marginal bars or strips when the pattern apparatus is placed upon the body, and extend vertically of the same. The bottom marginal bars of each section or element of the pattern ap paratus, which extend around the body of the wearer in a substantially horizontal plane, have end eyes 20 which may be pinned to the skirt of the person being fitted; care being taken, however, to insure that such pinning does not affect or change the .ver tical position of the marginal bars of the front and back pattern sections or elements.

The central sectional bars or strips of each pattern section are perforated at inter vals, as indicated at 21, for a purpose to be described hereinafter. i

The pattern section for forming the sleeve is employed in ,a. manner substantially similar to that fQrforming the body of the garment, excepting that the central bar of the upper part of the same isjofconsiderable width, while the element for the under por- 'sleeve the proper balance; the arm pattern structure sliding'so as .to find its right balance. This condition may also determine wherethe front seam may be placed, orthe pattern apparatus may be shifted to change the position of the seam without interfering with the balance, as the hook is disposed in a slotted'portion of this section of the pattern apparatus. The under section preferably carries a pair of tapes 26 whereby this portion of the sleeve pattern structure may betied to the arm tosecure the contour of suchpart of the body. 7

The under portion or section of the sleeve pattern structure carries a member 27 which is to be raised to the height and contour of the arm pit and then secured in placeby the clamping means 2. The sections of the sleeve pattern structure are now to be joined together by the clasps or fastenings 7 at the marginal edges of said pattern sections, and the length of the connecting bars between the central bars and the marginal bars may be adjusted by means of the adjustable strips or elements retained in place by the screw clamping means 2.

Before removing the sleeve pattern strum ture from the arm or from its engagement with the other sections of the pattern appa ratus to which it may be secured by the fastenings .7, as shown, the extreme upper points of the under arm section are to be indicated by suitable marks upon the marginal bars or strips of the arm hole portion of the body pattern apparatus, which marks are to be transferred to the fabric, so that when the sleeve is sewn to the body of the garment, the proper balance will be preserved. The pattern may be removed from. the arm by untying the tapes 26 which should be disposed ata point where theycan be readily reached when such portion of the pattern apparatus is to be removed.

When the fitting or shaping of the pattern apparatus is satisfactory to the cutter tailor, or the personldesiring the garment,

fitted, or the fabric.

the screw elements of the clamping means 2 holding. together the several strips or bars making up the sectionelements of the patternfapparatus are tightened,-and then the.

same may be 'removed -froni' the body by loosening the fastening means" holding the where stretching orcontractingis to be per'- formed, the" strips or bars are graduatedand'markedln fract ons of an inch to indicate the exact amount of expansion or contraction imparted to the marginal'edges in fitting the pattern apparatus upon the y-I i a a .In-some 1nstances,.1t may be necessary or desirable to have an extra scam in the garment; such condition depending somewhat upon the style of the garment, upon the size or configuration of the person to be Some fabrics might stretch enoughto permit the employment 'ofaisingle piece cut from the pattern section or' element shown in Figs. 4: and 5',

.while in other instances, it may be necessary to employ two p1eces, separated on the center line of such pattern section,{which pieces are to be sewn together on such line i in the formation of the garment; such separation permitting the desired shaping at the marginal edgescof the twopieces at the s eparated part to' insure the desired it @In laying off the contour of aportion of this pattern apparatus, that of the element or section shown in ;Fig. 4, for instance, thecenter bars are heldrdown against the c utting board by means of tacksbefore the strips or bars 1 forming the marginal lines of the pattern sections are loosened. The

contour or marginal outline of this pattern section is thentraced entirely 'before any of the screw elements of the clamping 7 means are loosened, and then the waistline,

width, and'all of the notches (opposite the fastening devices 7) which register with the next section are marked; The screw elements of the clamping means 2 holding the central sectional strips or bars and the horizontal sectionalstrips or bars are then released;- 'allowing the latter 'to expand as L much-as they will, and after the sectional strips or bars have expanded to the full extent, "these screw elements are again tighten'ed. The fastening means *holding "the marginal sectional strips or bars 1 of the pattern section are now released causing the said strips or bars to change tieir relation or position, and when this is done, the pattern element or section is lying substantially flat upon the cutting board. The contour or marginal outline of the same is again traced, and'the result of these two operationsis shown in the diagrammatic View, Fig- 8. In addition to these contour markings, the center line should be inclicated by marks placed in the slots of the center bar sections, the waist line should also be indicated, and other marks to indicate the pointsat which the sections have been connected; which latter points must register whenthe sections of fabric are subsequently' connected or sewn together to form the garment. After the screw elements of the clamping means securing the strips or bars forming the margins of the pattern section have been released; permitting a change in the contourof the same, the changed positions of the notches are indicated, and at the same time carermust be taken to observe the difference in dimension in the marginal strips between the original position of said notches and the second position of the same, and this difference will indicate on the one hand, the amount to be stretched, and on the other hand the amount to be worked in. The strips, or certain of the same, have pointed ends 28 to facilitate reading of the dimensions. When this pattern section is lifted from the board, it will be noticed that the contour or marginal outline of the pattern section as shown in Fig. 4:, from A to B, has been changed to a greater width. which difference is to be taken off relatively from the sides of a central line passing through the section of fabric as indicated by the dotted lines, thereby changing this fabric section into two separate pieces.

If a paper pattern of the various sections or elements of the pattern apparatus is de- .sired,each of said sections or elements must be secured to the work board or cutting table by holding down the central bar of the same in the manner just described, which action may be readily performed by thumbtacking the same to the board; the tacks entering the apertures 21 in said central bars of the pattern elements. These central bars will lie flat without any twisting, and. this laying of the pattern upon the board is to be done before any of the screw elements of the clamping means holdlng the marginal strips or bars of the pattern section are loosened.

Under these conditions, the strips or bars forming the marginal lines of the section of the pattern apparatus covering the plece of fabric where such seam is to be put 111 are first released, taking care to notice the amountof stretching or contraction necessary by observ ng carefully the posltlon of the graduated strips. The contour or mar ginal outline of this section of the pattern apparatus is then traced, after which it is cut in the center, as shown in the diagrams, Figs. 9, 10 and 11, which partis straightened by working in or stretching to the amount shown by the graduatedmarginal bars or strips of the pattern Sections. In the place where stretching is shown, the paper pat-tern should be cut at the edge and stretched before straightening, as indicated at 30, and where it shows to be worked in or shrunk in, such paper pattern should also be cut at the edge and folded over or shrunk in, as indicated at 31.

To obtain a record of the amount of material to be stretched or worked in and thereby secure the necessary curvature or contour of the garment, the position of the ends .of the pointed sections of the strips with respect to the gracluations on said strips must be noted before loosening the screw elements of the clamping means 2, and also after loosening such screw elements. If the marginal lines contract onv releasing said screw elements, the difference indicated is the amount to be stretched on the fabric at the points indicated. If on the other hand the marginal lines expand or stretch on loosening the screw elements of the clamping means, the difference represents the amount of material to be worked in or shrunk on the fabric. This stretching or working in of the fabric is to be effected between the central portion and the respective marginal edges of the fabric sections only. v

The clasps or fastening devices 7 occupy substantially definite points, and their position serve as balance marks; the pattern be-' mg notched at such points; such notches meeting when the seams are sewn so that no displacement of balance in the finishing of the garment is possible/ It will be understood, therefore, that it is a simple matter to ascertain the amountof contraction and expansion the marginal portion of the pat? tern sections have undergone in conforming to the body of the wearer so that when such sections are brought to the fiat condition for the purpose of cutting the garment, the difference between such fiat condition and the curved condition is readily ascertained, giving the exact amount of stretch or working in to be imparted to the material to insure that the finished garment conforms exactly to the human figure and will, therefore, set or fit on the body of the wearer without bulging or wrinkling, and without the tightness frequently experienced in garments incorrectly cut.

While the pattern apparatus is shown and described with reference to a body garment for women, anouter coat or suit coat for in stance, it will be understood, of course, that similar pattern drafting apparatus may be bars or elements of the pattern'sections, to-

gether with the necessary horizontal connecting elements, may be loosened, so that the proper positioning of the same between the marginal edges, front and rear, of the pattern as a whole may be effected; that is to say, the central bars or strips ofeach pattern section should be, relatively speak- 7 ing, midway between the marginal or edge bars of each sectlon.

In the development of the paper patterns from which the garmentmaybe subsequently out from a loose'condition of the pattern apparatus, the same method OfPlO- cedure is followed as with the pattern apparatus whenemployed as a means of developing a tight fitting garment.

The most important feature of our inven-,

tion is thesectional character of the apparatus, the sectional elements of the same being secured together at theirmarginal edges, and the fasteningmembers effecting such result forming'guide points which subsequently match or register when the fab ric section, or the pattern for, cuttingv such fabric section subsequently forming part of a garment, is made from the pattern apparatus placed upon the body of the person for which the garment is desired.

Both the bust and waist bands areflexible, being made, preferably, as is also the rest of the pattern sections, from strips of celluloid. and the bust band-is further made up of jointed sections, as shown inFig. 16.

The sectional bars or strips. making up the pattern drafting apparatus are slotted at intervals throughout their length, as indicated at 32, and these strips are secured together by clamping members 2 comprising screw shanks 35 with heads 36, having projections 37 adapted to enter said slots, or apertures in the strips, and prevent the screw shanks turning when nuts, as 38, are applied to said screw shanks.

The separate pattern elements are secured together attheir marginal edges by suitable fastening devices 7 comprising a pair of members; that indicated at 7 being what may be't-ermed a hook i member, while that indicated at 7 may be termed an eye member. v I

The hook member may comprise a flat plate or element 39, substantially rectangular in shape, which may be secured in place to the strips of the pattern sectio-ns'bythe clamping means 2, comprising the screw shanks 85 andnuts 38; said plate being provided with a laterally disposed projection 41, apertured at 42 for the passage of the projection 37 of the clamping device. The hook pro-per of the hook 7"member may be formed from a relatively narrow tongue 43,

integrally connected to the plate 39, and

- slightly raised above the plane of the same;

't-heforward end being bent back in the manner indicated in Flg. 15, to form a tlnckened shouldered projection 4A.

The eye member comprises a substantially' rectangular plate 45, with a spring element 46 superposed thereon also rectangular in form and having its central portion removed so that it is shaped substantially like a frame.

This plate is secured to the strips of thepattern section in the same -manner as theplate 39, and is provided with is shorter than'the' spring element 46, and

the ape-ruled projection 41 for the same 1 d parage. Thesp-ring element 46' may be se 1 cur V v V of thefp late and compressing tbc metal ed in place-by bendingbveithe rear end of thesaine into the rear edge of the spring fltil lg iis illustrated at l? in Figs. '12,- 13 audio. The forward end of the plate 45 atfits central part it'may be beveled at 48,

affording provision for theready entrance of the projection 44 ofthe hook member,

which pushes: heend of "the s ringframe up-o'ut cf the way when entering; the forwardbar of, said spring frame engaging the rear wallo'f said hook 44. To disconnect this fa teni'jg device it is only necessary to raniseo'r bend up the hook member with i-espeet. is the f -e e member to effect aim matic separation of the hook or projection ate from its engagement with the spring element 46.-

fastening device; since the same forms the subjectef a companion application for pat- '1 No claim is herein made to our improved their extended and contracted positions; means carried by the marginal edges of the pattern sections for detachably connecting the latter together, and a plurality of body encircling tapes adapted to draw said pattern sections to the body.

2. In pattern drafting a )paratus comprising a plurality of sectional frames made up of sectional strips adjustably connected together and adapted to fit over the human frame and conform to the contour or curvature of the same, said strips being slit with clamping members adapted to said slits the combination of longitudinally adjustable strips forming the marginal edges of said frames, supplemental longitudinal strips disposed substantially intermediate said marginal strips, adjustable cross strips disposed substantially at right angles with respect to said supplemental median strips and the marginal strips, all of said strips being flexible and adjustable in varying degree with respect to each other to permit expansion and contraction in their length whereby they may' follow the contour of that portion of the body over which they are placed,

the clamping means for securing said strips in their adjusted positions being held against rotative' movement when tightened and loosened means for detachably connecting the marginal edges of the several sectional frames and a body encircling tape to draw said sections to the body.

3. A tailors pattern harness comprising separate sections corresponding in skeleton to the pieces of the garment to be made and having means for connecting and disconnectingthem, said sections being formed of tapes of comparatively stiff though flexible ma terial, each section comprising vertical members and extensible transverse members which are adjustable up and down and connect said vertical members at different heights, said transverse members being formed of overlapping tapes slidably connected with each other, and clamps for securing said menrbers at any desired adjustment up and down or horizontally, in combination with continuous body encircling tapes adapted to draw said members against the body.

In'testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

LOUIS S. DORSOGNA. PIETRO CANE. Witnesses:

DOMENICA MARRONE', NIOOLA DORsocNA.

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